PATERSON — A two-year-old child was carrying 48 packets of heroin at a child care center on Monday in a case that resulted in the arrest of the toddler’s father, police said.

An employee at the center, Michael’s Energy Factory, found the drugs in the child’s jacket, police said. There’s no indication that the child knew the drugs were in the jacket, nor any sign that other children at the center were exposed to the heroin, police said.

Officials at the center called the police when they found the heroin, police said.

Lt. Bert Ribeiro said police determined that the child had been accompanied to the day care that morning by its father. City police have charged the father, Phillips Young, 27, of East 30th Street, with endangering the welfare of a child, Ribeiro said.